The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-07-10
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
by THoRrrY.I
tContinued.)

OuQh. town or other local munlclpal govern
ment in this state, shall nave the right to
declare any epidemic or cause of i'll health
to be so in furious or hazardous as to make
it necessary to close any or all of the public
or private schools in the limits of such
township, or of such city, borough, town
or other local municipal government I; but
ia case Of public schools, the same shall
not be closed except by the direction of the
board of education, school trustees or
other body having the control or direction
thereof; any such board of education,
school trustees or other body having con-
troll of public schools may in such case
cause any or all of the schools under their
control to be closed, if. in their judgment,
such closing be necessary for sanitary
purposes.
% And be it enacted That any board
of education, school trustees or other
body having control of the public schools
may, on account of the prevalence Of any
contagious disease, or to prevent the
spread of such contagious disease, pro-
hibt the attendance of any teacher or
scholar upon any school under their con-
tIoi, aud may specify the time during
which such teacher or scholar shall remain
away from such school, and may prohibit
the attendance of any unvaccinated child
who has not had the smallpox, aud shall
also have power to decide how far re-
vaccination shall be required if case or
cases of smallpox have occurred in the
city or district.
%. And be it enacted, That at the en-
rollment of the children by the clerk of
the school districts in the townships of
this state, or by other proper officers of
the cities or mnhici palities, inquiry shall
be made as to how many of the children
within the school age are unvaccinated,
and the same shall be designated by a
mark on the said roll, and in case any are
found to pe unvaccinated, whose parents
desire them 10 be protected from small
pox, and who, in the judgment of the
board Of education or the trustees of the
school districts, are unable to pay there
for, The clerk Of said district. or other
authorized person, may give to the said
child to the said child or children per-
nit TO appear at the office of any regular
ly licensed physician in said district or
municipality to be vaccinated, and snch
physician, on presentation of said permit,
with his certificate appended thereto that
the said vaccination has been by him sue
cessfully performed, shall be entitled to
receive from the said township or local
municipal authority the sum of fifty cents
fer each case SO certified, and The same
shall be paid in the same manner that
other bills for current expenses are paid
therein.
"a. And be it enacted, That the power
herein given to local boards of health to
abate nuisances, sources of fon ness, or
causes of sickness, hazardous to pu0lic
health, shah not depend upon whether
si1.n board have exercised their power to
pass, alter or amend ordinances in relation
to the public health.
25. And be it enacted, That such local
boards shall have power to specify any
contagious dis ase or diseases in case of
death from which no public funeral shall
be had, and to prohibit such public funeral
under a penalty to be imposed, not to ex-
coed fifty dollars, and in case of the threat
ening or prevalence of an epidemic, to
prohibit such public funeral of persons
diving with the particular disease or dis
eases then prevalent; and they shall also
have power to prohibit such public funeral
in any case in which the attending physi-
clan snail by writing so advise, or III any
case in which two reputable physicians in
the same district or municipality certify
that they believe that the interests of the
public health require such restriction.
g. And be ii enacted That any such
local board may detrmine whether or
when it is necessary tor physician or
other person in attendance on the sick to
notify said board of the existence of con-
tagious or infectious diseases; where such
notification is required, the local board
shall enter book kept for that purpose,
subject only TO helnspeclion of the board
and its proper officers, the name Of the
physician making such notification, the
date of the notice, the name and precise
locality of the disease, and at the close OF
each six. monlAs such physicians shall be
entitled to receive, on the certificate Of the
said board, from the dIsbursipg officer of
the said township or municipality the sum
of twenty-five cents for each notification
so given, unless such notification shall
have been found erroneous.
81 And be it enacted, That notice
of any inspector of any local b ard Of
health to abate any nuisance, or by the ex-
ecutive officer OF other authorized mem
Der of said board, shall be taken as a
notice from the board, and if the owner
or person notified snail fail to abate the
nuisance complained of, the said board
may cause the same to be abated in
summary way, giving written directions
to the Inspector in relation thereto, and
he shall proceed according to the direc-
tons so given.
%, And be it enacted, That any such
local board of health, instead of proceed
ing in summary way 10 abate nuisance
hazardous to the pubic health, may file
bill in the court OF chancery. in the name
of the state, on She relation Of such board
of health for an injunction to prohibit
the continuance of such nuisance, and
such actions shall proceed in the court
of chancery according to tue rules. and
practice in such CASES on the relation Of
individuals, and cases Of emelg ency STALL
have precedence over other litigation
pending at the same time in the court OF
chancery, and may be heard on final hear
ing within such time and on such notice